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Ask the Swami
by Swami
Beyondananda
Dear Swami:
You seem like a decent guy, so I can’t understand why you persist in questionable spiritual practices where there is truly just One Way. How about it
Swami... Do you want to be saved?
Ed Heesive,
Iowa City,
Iowa
Dear Ed:
Actually, I would rather be spent. What am I being saved for? I figure while I’m on the planet, I’d rather let Spirit use me until I’m all used up. Of course, when I go, I don’t want to be overdrawn either, so learning to
receive is an important practice. That is why I imagine that
every
day is Christmas morning filled with wonderful presents. If you think about it, each moment that presents itself is a pre- sent. And if we’re not present for the presentation because we are too busy dwelling on pasts and buying futures, it is like having a large storage room filled with unopened gifts.
As for there being just One Way,
it
has always been my experience that traffic flows in both directions
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giving and receiving. So my recommendation for
a life well-spent is: delight in the present moment, gleefully open every present, and share your gifts with the world.
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Dear Swami:
I can’t believe the questions are actually real questions from real people. The names alone make me suspicious. How about it Swami? Do people
actually ask you these questions, or do you just make them up?
Ann Sadat,
Delaware, Ohio
Dear
Ann:
It is amazing to me that some people still think the Swami takes the easy way out and makes up his own questions. The truth is, it is very hard work indeed to produce this column.
First of all, I have to go out and find people with unusual names. Do you realize how many telephone books I have to go through each month just to find these people? But that’s the easy part. Then I have to call them and convince them to ask questions that match my answers.
Believe me when I tell you, Ann, that each and
every
question used in my column is as real as your own.
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Dear Swami:
The more I learn about tantric sexuality, the more I realize how incredibly screwed up our society is regarding sex. Our words for the sex act and the sex organs are crass and crude instead of beautiful and loving. Sex is seen as something dirty rather than
something ennobling, and sexual feelings are confined to the sex organs rather than encompassing the entire body.
I know you can see into the future, Swami, so tell us. Will sexuality
transcend its current sorry state and become a religious experience instead of the coarse sideshow it is
today?
Rippy
Chothers-Klozoff,
Tiburon, California
Dear Rippy:
The good news is I don’t have to look too far in the future to see those changes you are longing for. Even as I write this, the first tantric rock
album is being produced. It will be called, “Tantric Pony” and features such soon-to-be classics as, “Only the Yoni”, “Hot Rod Lingam”, and “Itsy- Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Golden Ball of Kundalini”. The even better news is that full body orgasm will become accessible to all thanks to a new teaching from the east called
Auragasmi,
the Japanese art of people unfolding. Yes, it won’t be long before couples will untwine from four hours of love making, light up a stick of sandalwood incense and ask, “Was it God for you?”
Copyright by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved.
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